The 2014 BMC Control-M workload automation survey reveals that nearly 60% of organizations manage workloads across both mainframe and distributed systems, with a significant increase in workload due to new applications and business growth. Self-service adoption has nearly doubled year-over-year, while 70% of respondents expect capacity growth in the following year, largely driven by business growth and increased automation. Customer satisfaction with Control-M is high, with a majority expressing they are very satisfied or somewhat satisfied with the product.

1. BMC Control-M
Workload Automation
2014 Survey Results

2. 2
2014 BMC Control-M Survey
Because you share so much with us, we wanted to give back to you.
These are the results from the 2014 Control-M Workload Automation survey.
A few highlights:
Nearly 60 percent of organizations are managing workloads across mainframe and distributed
systems.
Workloads continue to be on the rise, mostly due to new applications and business growth.
Adoption of self-service has nearly doubled year over year.

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Demographics
Job Function
IT Manager or higher 23%
Technical Professional 60%
System Architect 11%
Application Support 6%
Geographic Regions
Americas 54%
EMEA 35%
Asia Pacific 11%
Total
respondents:
610

4. 4
Other Schedulers Installed
Window TS
Cron
Homegrown
IBM TWS
CA
Automic/UC4
Tidal
ASG
Redwood
Orsyp
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%
72%
61%
35%
32%
26%
8%
8%
5%
5%
2%
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5. 5
IT Environment
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
58%
41%
1%
Distributed
Only
Mainframe
Only
Distributed &
Mainframe
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6. 6
Capacity Outlook
Increase More
than 20%
2014
2013
Increase
6% - 20%
Increase
1% - 5%
No Change Decrease
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
19% 20%
11%
3%
48%
21% 22%
11%
3%
43%
Capacity is expected to grow next year—see how you can continue to meet SLAs.

7. 7
Reason for Capacity Growth
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Business
Growth
Increase
Automation
New
Hardware
OtherNew Apps
71%
66%
47%
31%
66%
61%
42%
30%
2%
4%
2014
2013
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8. 8
Using Self-Service
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
2014 2013 2012
28
15
7
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9. 9
Mobile Device Use
Business Email
Business Applications
No Access
No Need
83%
20132014
77%
48%
42%
15%
2%
18%
5%
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10. 10
Integrating WLA with On-Premises Applications
No Integration
Partial Integration
Deep Integration
53%
36%
11%
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11. Talk with other customers in the BMC Control-M Community.
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Customer Satisfaction with Control-M
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Very
Satisfied
Somewhat
Satisfied
Somewhat
Dissatisfied
Not At All
Satisfied
Extremely
Satisfied
1%1%
15%
61%
22%

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“Excellent product, excellent support.”
“Getting better all the time.”
“Control-M is an amazing tool which
allows me to create and run any kind of
application with no problems.”
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